Voting Resources
Family
Republicans must come together to stand for policies that strengthen the core of society: The traditional family. Marriage must be protected. Life must be respected. Liberals suggest the policies we embrace are “divisive wedge issues,” but they could not be more wrong. Policies that strengthen the family are essential to a GOP that keeps its core conservative principles.
February 11th, 2014
The House of Representatives today passed the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2431) by a vote of 365 - 21. The bill makes important improvements to the NIDIS drought...
February 10th, 2014
Even if you're not traveling to Sochi for the XXII Olympic Winter Games, your cyber security could still be at risk. As with many international level media events, hacktivists may attempt to take advantage of the large...
February 8th, 2014
Do you remember the first time you experienced “rain”…or other tiny, but important moments?I have 4 sons, and my first three are grown men now. I recall many moments with my three oldest, but many moments just passed me by....
February 6th, 2014
For the past several years, the Republican-led Texas Legislature has failed to make significant progress in stopping the abuses of workers through unethical employment practices. Many businesses, particularly in the...
February 3rd, 2014
Thank you, it is a pleasure to get back to Heritage to be with so many friends and to have the opportunity to discuss an issue with such pressing importance, which is namely the growing influence that Russia is having in the...
January 31st, 2014
Last week, amid frigid temperatures, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched up our nation’s Capital in support of the unborn and the value of life.Now it's our turn.Our turn to stand for life by supporting H.R. 7, the No...
January 30th, 2014
I testified yesterday before the Senate Rules Committee on the SENTRI Act, on my bill to improve military voting. The SENTRI Act seeks to end the disenfranchisement of our military voters and their families by streamlining...
January 28th, 2014
The tragedy of human sex trafficking cannot be fully realized until one sees the pain of hopelessness in the victims' eyes.On a recent trip to Honduras, I visited two shelters for sex trafficking victims: La Alianza and El...
January 27th, 2014
I am calling on President Obama to hold himself and his administration accountable for the preventable attacks on the U.S. foreign post in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 where four Americans – Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty,...
January 26th, 2014
Conservative and TEA Party favorite, Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX), will be the keynote speaker as hundreds of Republican grass-roots activists from across Texas gather in the DFW Metroplex for a day of learning and...
February 11th, 2014
In 1925, historian Carter Woodson started a movement to spend a week bringing awareness to the role of African Americans in our national history. His effort has grown tremendously since then, and for the past 38 years, we’...
February 10th, 2014
Now that the Winter Olympics have kicked off in Sochi, we can expect Team USA to bring home the gold. But at a hefty price.As it stands now, U.S. Olympic athletes could pay taxes as high as $9,000 on their winnings at the...
February 7th, 2014
Debbie Georgatos, TexasGOPVote blogger, and author of Ladies, Can We Talk? America Needs Our Vote! now hosts a one hour radio show, “Ladies, Can We Talk?” The show premiered on February 4th 2014, and will air weekly...
February 6th, 2014
I issued the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Debo Adegbile to head the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.I find it deeply disturbing that someone who...
February 3rd, 2014
As the run-up to early voting, which starts in just over two weeks, Texas Attorney General candidate, Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman, is taking his message to the voters with a new television ad which launched...
January 31st, 2014
Today, as Chairman of the Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I joined my colleagues Rep. Mike Rogers and Rep. Joe Heck in sending a letter to the Administration...
January 29th, 2014
It just never ceases to amaze me of the bias the MSM exhibits in reporting the news, and in this particular case, the Express News report of the Right to Life Foundation Pro Life Rally held Sunday, January 26 at the Milan...
January 28th, 2014
Governor Cuomo very ineptly declared conservatives or those conservatives who are actually serious about gun rights and the rights of the unborn as extreme and not welcome in New York. He stated that he was noting that...
January 27th, 2014
The Texas Attorney General is the top lawyer in Texas. He defends the state, our laws, our Constitution, and the people. He also prosecutes those who break the laws. With Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott running for...
January 25th, 2014
I have to admit it, I’m a sucker for the mob movies, and an especially big fan of Scorsese’s film, Goodfellas, about the 1978 cash and jewelry heist from Lufthansa at JFK airport. As with all things Hollywood,...
